About the 16th Annual WORLDSymposium™

The 16th Annual WORLDSymposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida, from Monday, February 10 through Thursday, February 13, 2020. The WORLDSymposium Annual Meeting is the premier international lysosomal disease meeting. Click here for more information.

Leading scientists from around the world are selected to present their research findings at platform, and poster sessions. Accepted abstracts submitted before October 1, 2019 deadline will be published in the peer-reviewed “Lysosomes” issue of Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, February, 2020 and on the WORLDSymposium mobile app.

Registration is required for admittance to all scientific sessions, platform sessions, exhibits, posters, award presentations, and other meeting events. The official language of the Annual Meeting is English.

WORLDSymposium 2020 Location

All scientific sessions, exhibits, posters, and meeting offices will be located at theHyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Click here for more details.

Attendees are urged to make hotel reservations early.

Unofficial/Satellite Events

Assistance for Attendees with Special Needs

WORLDSymposium is committed to assisting attendees with special needs. We urge individuals requiring assistance to indicate needed special services when registering. If you have questions or concerns, please contact us in advance of the meeting by emailing info@nullworldsymposia.org with your specific request, using the phrase “Assistance with Special Needs” in the subject line.

Attire/Dress Code

Appropriate dress is business casual. A light jacket or sweater is recommended, as meeting rooms may be cool. Badges will be required for entry into all sessions and events.

Attractions and Local Activities

Camera, Mobile Phone, and Video Recording Policies

Official Policy: Attendees are strictly prohibited from using cameras, including mobile phone and tablet cameras, and all other audio and/or video recording devices in all meeting session rooms. This policy aims to encourage presentation of the latest findings by protecting researchers sharing unpublished information, as well as prevent disruption in the session rooms.

This means attendees may not take photos or video of speakers presenting or their slides. Attendees not adhering to this policy may be asked to leave the room and will be asked to delete all photos or videos already taken; additional action may be taken with repeated or egregious offenders. Attendees are also asked to be respectful of their colleagues by silencing all mobile devices before entering meeting rooms. When registering, you are required to agree that you will adhere to this policy.

Use of Recording Equipment: Taking photos, videos or audiotapes of slides, posters and presenters or questions and answers is strictly prohibited. Copyright and intellectual property law is observed during all WORLDSymposium presentations, sessions and events.

Poster Photo Policy: Attendees may take photos of posters ONLY if the poster author agrees. Authors who do not want their posters to be photographed will have to indicate as such on their posters. No other photography, or audio or video recording is allowed. Attendees who photograph or record poster information for which they have not obtained permission will be asked to leave the session immediately.

Consent for Use of Photographic Images: Registration and attendance at, or participation in, WORLDSymposium Scientific Sessions and other related activities, constitutes an agreement by the registrant to permit WORLDSymposium use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, audiotapes of such events and activities.

Certificate of Attendance

Certificates of attendance will be available online and at the registration desk after the completion of the meeting.

Children

Children of any age are not permitted in WORLDSymposium Scientific Sessions or Exhibit Hall. Children may be registered as family members/accompanying persons of fully registered patient/family attendees. Children must be accompanied by a registered parent or a guardian at all times in any common areas of the meeting. Children may attend the Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) Council of Patient Advocates (COPA) meeting if accompanied by a registered parent or guardian.

Documents and Downloads

From the schedule at a glance to floor plans, the Documents page contains the files available on the WORLDSymposium site. Files will be added as they become available.

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Registration

All registration information, including attendee categories, rates, deadlines, payment details, the registration form, and registration hours, can be found in the Registration section. If you have questions, please email them to info@nullworldsymposia.org, using the phrase “Meeting Registration” in the subject line.

Registration and Hotel Booking Scams

There is an increase in the incidence of fraudulent websites, callers and emails posing as official websites, as well as unauthorized housing and registration companies attempting to solicit event attendees. Please note that these websites and solicitations are scams and it is your responsibility to avoid sharing any personal and/or financial information.

WORLDSymposium does not provide any contact details, hotel registration details or conference registration details to third parties. Booking through WORLDSymposium’s official hotel registration link and WORLDSymposium’s official meeting registration link is the only way to ensure your meeting registration and hotel registration are legitimate, your credit card information is secure, and you benefit from all services provided to conference attendees.

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WORLDSymposium is a medical education conference focused on lysosomal diseases, which is wholly owned and operated by WORLDSymposia, Ltd. WORLDSymposium is independently managed by GMI, Inc. and Saterdalen & Associates, LLC. GMI and Saterdalen & Associates are independent entities, and are not partners, co-venturers or agents of WORLDSymposia, Ltd.

WORLDSymposium and the Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) are separate and independent entities and are not affiliated in any way. WORLDSymposium receives NO FUNDING of any kind from the LDN, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), or any other federal agency.

The Lysosomal Disease Network (U54NS065768) is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), supported through collaboration between the NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) at the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).